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Mortgage brokers have reported an uptick in protection business, referrals to specialist advisers and conversations with clients over the last year. Consumers too are more aware of the need for protection, with...

WPA is launching a dedicated product supporting the healthcare of women which is available to large corporate schemes. The insurer said it had designed a range of gender and life-stage specific benefits...

Royal London has hit back at LV= claiming the insurer can retain its mutual status if it engages in takeover talks with the fellow mutual. The spat between the insurers has intensified...

Willis Towers Watson has appointed Hugo Wegbrans as global head of broking and broking strategy within its risk and broking business segment. Wegbrans, who has spent most of his 35-year career with...

Zurich UK has chosen healthcare trust provider Healix to provide a flexible healthcare plan for its corporate clients. This is the latest step for the insurer into the private healthcare market after...

In this first Health & Protection roundtable the highly experienced panel discuss the evolution of the international private medical insurance market (IPMI) in the last two years. They reveal that as employers...

LV='s board has denied claims that Royal London's bid for the business would allow it to retain its mutual status and accused Royal London of "seeking to destabilise" its sale to Bain...

Specialist broker Cura Financial Services has linked up with The Openwork Partnership. The financial advice network said the arrangement with Cura would enable its advisers to help clients with specialist protection needs...

Pam Whelan, group sales director of Simplyhealth and Denplan, has left the combined business after more than 20 years as part of a management shake-up. Chief commercial officer Mark Hamson has also...

Bain Capital has released a statement committing itself to "significant" investment in LV= to grow its policy holders to more than two million and boost life insurance and managed fund product sales....